Fireworks

66Mustang
66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,162 Championing
in Coffee lounge
Loads of fireworks going off tonight.

I may be being incredibly dense here but what is special about tonight that I don’t know about...?

- It’s a regular Thursday night. 
- Halloween is on a Saturday so no reason to do it today 
- There is still a Friday (tomorrow) and a weekend before bonfire night so again a weird choice of day to set them off today

As far as I can tell it’s a regular Thursday, not even a bank holiday or anything. I don’t dislike fireworks, just wondering... :|

Can anyone enlighten me?

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  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,162 Championing
    Apologies if there is some kind of religious festival that I may have forgotten about. 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    Maybe people's calendars are broken :) I have no idea
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,162 Championing
    Are there any going off near you or is it just me? :D 


  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    We’ve heard a few, but it happens every year.
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,162 Championing
    I have never noticed them being set off this early. Maybe one or two but there were loads last night!
  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,923 Championing
    How close are you to Nottingham?  I've heard there were a lot of parties there last night before they went into tier 3 lockdown today.  

    Didn't hear any at all near me...  I have seen a surprising number of houses decorated for Halloween though...didn't think it'd go ahead this year.  It'll only take one person with Covid handing out sweets to kids that will bring down an entire housing estate!  :#
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    We had a few last night, not sure why though!
  • vikingqueen
    vikingqueen Scope Member Posts: 1,851 Championing
       As my son-in-law would say " a bunch of ejits " 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,468 Championing
    edited October 2020
    I believe it was Mawlid yesterday, which some Muslims celebrate, so it could have been that. I imagine it was either that, or some early bonfire night celebrations! 
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,162 Championing
    Thank you @Tori_Scope

    I didn’t know about that festival, you learn something every day! Thanks! :)
  • Dragonslayer
    Dragonslayer Online Community Member Posts: 2,164 Pioneering
    Across the street where I live there is a park and we have heard fireworks every night for the past two weeks now. Even heard them at 5am. No idea if there are festivals. But it gets annoying. Back in the day we only let them off on the appropriate night. Still 6 days away. 

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